It's Official: These Paint Color Trends Are Out

Which color should I paint my room? It's a question everyone encounters throughout life, yet it remains equally daunting every time. Perhaps the nervousness comes from the reality that what paint saves us in upfront costs, it makes up for in blood, sweat, and tears. In other words—you don't want to get it wrong. Yes, paint is a cost-effective way to transform a space, which means it can also go terribly wrong if the tone isn't right. So how is one to know which paint colors to try and which to avoid?

For one, paint companies like Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, and Behr are tireless at studying trends and coming up with color reports. Every year, their teams scour the globe, attend fashion shows, and search high and low for the next big color trends—which they then report back to press and eventually consumers. Curious to know which colors they handpicked for next year? We studied the major paint brands' 2017 trend reports to dissect what will be the most popular colors for next year. Pick up a few tester pots and get painting.

Lilac might have been a leading trend for many interior designers in 2016, but next year, paint companies are predicting ice-cool tones like Benjamin Moore's Iceberg and Sherwin-Williams's Icelandic colors, both in the companies' top trend reports. The fresh colors go hand in hand with the minimal Scandinavian interiors that are growing in popularity.

Pro tip: Try icy blue tones on your kitchen cabinets.

Trending Tones:

Mint was everywhere in 2016, but 2017 predicts deeper more sophisticated olive tones to dominate interiors everywhere. These darker tones were prominently featured in both Benjamin Moore's and Sherwin-Williams's trend reports.

Pro tip: Pair them with fresh ice-blue tones for an unexpected and decidedly modern twist.

Trending Tones:

Gray was the color of the year according to Pinterest, but for 2017, we're expecting warmer tones to enter the minimalistic landscape. Companies Behr and Benjamin Moore both predict sand tones to be big next year.

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This year marked the return of fire-engine red and other similarly bold tones. Next year is no different, with more bold tones entering the paint landscape, but the trend steers closer to mustard yellows.